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COVID-19 RIDDOR Reporting

16/4/2020

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COVID-19 - RIDDOR Reporting
Here at CoreGenic, we would remind you all that during this difficult time, we still have a duty to report all incidents/accidents/diseases if they fall into the RIDDOR category.

COVID-19 does fall under the RIDDOR reporting requirements, so for clarity:-

You must only make a report under RIDDOR (The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013) when:
  • an unintended incident at work has led to someone’s possible or actual exposure to coronavirus. This must be reported as a dangerous occurrence.
or
  • a worker has been diagnosed as having COVID 19 and there is reasonable evidence that it was caused by exposure at work. This must be reported as a case of disease. 

What to report

Dangerous occurrences 

If something happens at work which results in (or could result in) the release or escape of coronavirus you must report this as a dangerous occurrence.  An example of a dangerous occurrence would be a lab worker accidentally smashing a glass vial containing coronavirus, leading to people being exposed.

Cases of disease: exposure to a biological agent

If there is reasonable evidence that someone diagnosed with COVID-19 was likely exposed because of their work you must report this as an exposure to a biological agent using the case of disease report.  An example of a work-related exposure to coronavirus would be a health care professional who is diagnosed with COVID-19 after treating patients with COVID-19.

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